Epidemiology of pharmaceutically treated depression and treatment resistant depression in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology of pharmaceutically treated depression (PTD) and treatment resistant depression (TRD) is largely unknown in South Korea. The aim of this study was to develop a greater understanding of the characteristics of PTD and TRD in nearly the entire adult population in South Korea using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).

Method

Diagnostic codes and prescription data for South Korean adults were extracted from the HIRA. Subjects were included in the PTD cohort if they received at least one prescription for antidepressants and were diagnosed with depression. TRD was defined as PTD having two or more regimen failures of antidepressants or antipsychotics.

Results

In 2012, there were 41,256,396 adults in South Korea with 834,694 m

SUBMITTER: Kim N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707549 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature